Need help with this insignia

[Matt Gunsch]

1938, on a B-18,

[Steve Nelson]

Hmmm...looks like a squadron emblem of some sort. What nationallity?

SN

[Matt Gunsch]

as I put in the post under the pic, the picture was taken in 1938, and is on a B-18 Bolo, USAAC,

[The Inspector]

MATT,

I ain't seen no pitcher, jest pale blue background and a red X (oh no! not the dreaded red X)

[Cvairwerks]

I feel cheated....not only no pic, but no box with a red x either....

[Obergrafeter]

A red x in a box with half of a box around the box. This has to be some kind of goverment conspiracy. Got to go now I hear the black helicopters coming.

[Matt Gunsch]

hmmm, I see and so did Steve

[Jack Cook]

Matt,
Could you make that smaller and blurrier?
Looks like the 3rd Attack Group.

[Matt Gunsch]

Matt,
Could you make that smaller and blurrier?
Looks like the 3rd Attack Group.

That is actually enlarged, and scanned at a hi res.

[ltdann]

84th Bombardment?

Do you have the entire aircraft? Knowing the tail code would make this much easier

Rich

[Matt Gunsch]

the way the picture was taken, no tail codes are visiable, the only markings that can be seen are what you see on the nose and the US ARMY under the wing, and the red and white stripes on the rudder

[ltdann]

Is there anything besides army under the left wing?

[Matt Gunsch]

The star,
I have enlarged the pic up to 500 times and those are the only markings that are visiable.

It has to be one of these planes due to the date of the picture


Douglas B-18
c/n 1650/1731

263 (c/n 1651) to USAAC 350th BU at Scott Field, Belleville, IL. W/o in landing accident Jun 9, 1944 at Chicago MAP, IL

269 w/o near Coolidge Field, Antigua Ae 14, 1942

270 (5th BG) destroyed Hickam Field, Dec 7, 1941

275 (23rd TTS) w/o in taxiing accident at Managua-Las Mercedes,
Nicaragua May 14, 1944

276 (c/n 1664) w/o in crash Dec 9, 1942 at Boerne, TX.

277 (c/n 1665) to unknown US civil register, then to XB-NOC

283 (c/n 1671) with 75th BS at Albrook Field, CZ. W/o in fatal
crash 6 mi NNE of El Valle, Panama Jun 9, 1941.

291 (59th BS) forcelanded at Hato, Cuarcao, Dutch West
Indies Feb 19, 1943

299 (c/n 1687) w/o in crash at Safre, Canal Zone Jan 21, 1942

301 (c/n 1689) with 16th RS at Boise, ID. W/o in fatal crash
Jun 8, 1941, 15 mi E of Lyman, WY

306 (31st ABG) crashed Dec 12, 1941 in Sierra Nevada Mountains, south of Bishop, CA. All aboard killed. Aircraft not located until Jul 5, 1942.

307 (c/n 1693) while assigned to 38H, 6th BH at Albrook Field, CZ
w/o in forced landing Mar 14, 1941 at Lake Gatum, CZ.

308 (c/n 1694) w/o in crash at Beane Field, St Lucis, BWI Feb 24, 1942.

309 (59th BS) ditched off British West Indies Feb 23, 1943.

311 (c/n 1697) with 6th ABS, 5th ABG at Fort Douglass, UT w/o
when crew bailed out due to bad weather 4 mi W of Park
City, UT Nov 17, 1941

318 assigned as air taxi with solid nose. Scrapped Oct 1943.

335 burned in hangar at Hickam Field Dec 7, 1941

338 (19th BG) shot down by fighters off Java Feb 2, 1942. 6 crew KIA.

343 (19th BG) escaped Philippines to Australia. Used as hack by 4th Air Depot Gp. Also operated as VH-CCB by 21st TCS Feb-Oct 1942. Scrapped after Oct 1943.

[Obergrafeter]

1942 crashed at Boerne Texas! I remember my dad telling me about an Army Bomber crashing not 2 miles from my house, but I thought it was pre war with like a B-10 or something. Lynn my dad said it was between my house and your ranch right off old 87 which is now IH-10. Of course hes' been gone for over 20 years, I wonder if we could find something in the archives and maybe go on a dig? Something to go with the Nelson gold. Did anybody ever mention this to you? Haven't thought about it in years, you know my old mans' penchant for Toro Cacka!

[The Inspector]

Try Brians Squadron Patches, he's got hundreds of images.